Ebola Rx – calm down, separate facts from factitious

October 24, 2014 5:02 PM

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The evolving 2014 Ebola outbreak has resulted in a cable news frenzy creating mass hysteria across the country and closer to home in Northeastern Ohio, after it was discovered that an infected nurse had spent a few days in the area prior to her being diagnosed.

The mantra of “out of an abundance of precaution” is heard daily on our televisions and this has created an abundance of unnecessary school closings, paid quarantines, diverted airlines and cruise ships, and further added to the fears of a fearful nation.